Drawing on Experience

DRAWING ON EXPERIENCE

IBS has carried out a wide range of consultancy projects for major international corporations interested in the opportunities created by the opening of Turkey's energy sector to private investment. It has also worked in most of the countries in its region, including:

IBS Research & Consultancy's specialist team assists companies involved in the supply and distribution of electricity and natural gas. Our experts analyze the regulatory environment, study present consumption and generation patterns, and develop demand forecasts. IBS also tracks cross-border developments affecting Turkey, as well as the development of U.S. policy on issues such as Iran and the Eurasian Transportation Corridor. IBS has also worked for seven oil majors from the US and Europe on fuel and lubricants distribution.

IBS is accustomed to working with leading international consultancy companies and for public sector clients such as the World Bank and European Commission. It works closely with a range of leading international specialist companies. IBS is the local contracted partner of CAT Alliance Ltd which is among Europe's largest providers of environmental due diligence services (see below).

The IBS team includes:

• Ceren Uzdil, formerly with McKinsey & Company;
• David Tonge, formerly with the Economist Intelligence Unit and Financial Times.
• Dr Wietze Lise, modeling expert, formerly with ECN, the Energy Centre of the Netherlands
• Dr Aylin Tümay, environmental engineer
• Hüseyin Çelebi, who has led many of IBS’s energy market projects in Turkey and abroad;

Our advisers include Gökmen Çöloglu, former head of strategic planning at Igdas, the Istanbul gas distribution company, then Energy Director at IBS, and recently seconded to BOTAS BTC Department.

For technical and operational appraisal of power distribution assets, IBS works with former members of TEDAS and EPDK, the Energy Market Regulatory Authority